Special court presses charges against forest director Hemraj Bishta for corruption
Dhangadhi: A special court has decided to issue a 15-day time limit for Far-Western Forest Director Hemraj Bishta to appear before the court. After the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) filed a chargesheet alleging illegal acquisition of assets worth Rs. 7 crores, Bisht, acting forest director of the Far Western Provincial Forest Directorate, Dhangadhi, will be given 15 days to appear in court.
Spokesperson of the special court Dipendra Nath Yogi said that a time limit would be issued for appearing in the court within 15 days for the hearing of the case. "The authorities have filed a chargesheet against Bisht and his wife as defendants, The term will be released today or tomorrow," said Yogi. According to the information given by Yogi to Dinesh Khabar, if Bisht and his wife appear in the court, the process of taking statements and listening to the arguments of legal practitioners will move forward. "After a heated debate, the court issues an order for his release on bail or on a date.
The chargesheet, filed in a special court by the authorities, also seeks a fine and imprisonment for Bisht in the case of Bisht, and only a confiscation of Vigo in the case of his wife." Yogi added. According to the authority, in the 22 years since entering government service, Bista and his wife have been found to have real estate in 32 places and money in 19 banks. A case has been registered in the special court after he was sentenced to Rs 6 crore 87 lakhs for adding illegal assets.
It has been found that there are houses and land in the name of the Bisht couple in 32 places including Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Dang, Kailali, Kanchanpur and Kaski. In some places, in the name of Bisht, in some places in the name of his wife, in some places in the joint name of the two, the authority has been written in the special court. The authority has stated that ordinary members of community forest user groups, signatures of officials, setting up of fake forest user houses, making the same house a member of more than one forest user group are involved in tree felling under Bisht Scientific Forest Management Program.
The sub-committee of scientific forest management study formed by the sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee had recommended investigating the culprits and taking strict legal action against them for being involved in corruption by abusing their authority. He entered the government service in the year 2055 BS from the post of third class technical officer of the forest service.